Saturday, 7 July 2012

Aamir Khan, born on 14th March, 1965 is currently a leading Bollywood actor. He is known to be a ‘perfectionist’ mainly because he closely chooses and selects his movies. He is the only actor in Bollywood who will take up only one Bollywood project in a year while most of the other actors take about 3 to 5 projects in a year.

Aamir Khan is not only an actor, but also a producer and director of movies. He started his acting career as a child artist in the movie ‘Yaadon Ki Baarat’ (1973). He was only 8 years then. His father Tahir Hussein was a film producer while his uncle Nasir Hussein was a film director and producer. His father's family is originally from Afghanistan.

It was in the year 1988 that he began his acting career as an adult. His role as ‘Raj’ in the movie ‘Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak’ as a debut actor was a breakthrough commercial success which made Aamir Khan a household name as a ‘chocolate actor’. Aamir Khan also won the Filmfare award for his performance in the movie. He has since acted in more than 30 films till date. He has two children, son Junaid and daughter Ira, from first wife Reena Dutta whom he married in 1986. After 16 long years in 2002, they filed for divorce and Khan went on to marry Kiran Rao in the year 2005. She was the assistant director for the film ‘Lagaan’ which won a nomination for an Academy Award and Khan also won the Best actor award for this film.

His current television series talk show ‘Satyamev Jayte’ which just started on 6th of May, 2012 has the whole of Indian glued to their TV sets. The show runs every Sunday at 11 am on Star Plus, Star World and Doordarshan. It has gained positive reviews and is said to be the highest rated show on Indian Television. In the year 2011, Aamir Khan was appointed as the ambassador for UNICEF to promote child nutrition across the globe. He has his own production company known as ‘Aamir Khan Productions.’